How the CFMEU scandal unfolded

How the CFMEU scandal unfolded

Our reporting in the Building Bad series,now acknowledged with a Gold Walkley,came after work over 18 years by investigative journalists.

  • byMathew Dunckley andMichael Bachelard

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Celebrating 170 years of The Age

Celebrating 170 years of The Age

We’ve been asking the questions you want answered since 1854. In this collection,we reflect on the tradition of courageous journalism as we look to the future.

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Police probe PNG minister in $3 million detention bribe investigation

Police probe PNG minister in $3 million detention bribe investigation

Documents reveal the country’s former police minister is under investigation over suspicions of bribery.

  • byNick McKenzie andMichael Bachelard
Sacked,prosecuted,exposed:A proud history of muckraking

Sacked,prosecuted,exposed:A proud history of muckraking

The Age’s investigative reporters have brought down public officials,revealed corruption,and uncovered organised crime operations and war crimes. As the masthead turns 170,we celebrate their journalism.

  • byMichael Bachelard
‘It’s almost beyond belief’:Findings blast Australia’s biggest carbon offset scheme

‘It’s almost beyond belief’:Findings blast Australia’s biggest carbon offset scheme

The scheme under question is the fifth-largest nature-based carbon abatement scheme in the world,making the adverse findings of global significance.

  • byMichael Bachelard
In the face of condemnation,this rally was a big one

In the face of condemnation,this rally was a big one

The politicians had worried about a march scheduled just a day before October 7. It was tasteless at best,they said,and dangerous at worst.

  • byMichael Bachelard
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‘Entirely inappropriate’:Top scientist slams watchdog interference in carbon review

‘Entirely inappropriate’:Top scientist slams watchdog interference in carbon review

Professor Ian Chubb led the review of Australia’s lucrative carbon credits market and he’s far from happy with the conduct of a government agency at the middle of it.

  • byCharlotte Grieve andMichael Bachelard
How much money the Exclusive Brethren’s ‘ecosystem’ really makes

How much money the Exclusive Brethren’s ‘ecosystem’ really makes

Recently released financial records show how cash circulates around the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church and its Australian “royal family”.

  • byMichael Bachelard andLucy Macken
Sarah’s mum starved herself to death. It was the only legal way for her to go

Sarah’s mum starved herself to death. It was the only legal way for her to go

Wendy Mitchell spent a decade educating people about living with dementia. Now her daughter wants to tell us about how she died,and why it didn’t have to be that way.

  • byMichael Bachelard
‘The system protects its own’:Why most people who are wrongfully convicted don’t get compensated
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‘The system protects its own’:Why most people who are wrongfully convicted don’t get compensated

The prosecutor’s remarks to the jury were “contrary to his responsibility to the court”. But the man jailed as a result still can’t get compensation for how these decisions ruined his life.

  • byMichael Bachelard
Lawyer X compensation bill delayed amid fears it is a negotiating tactic

Lawyer X compensation bill delayed amid fears it is a negotiating tactic

The Allan government has delayed its unprecedented bid to block compensation claims from the Lawyer X saga.

  • byBroede Carmody,Kieran Rooney andMichael Bachelard